My Take: The new 09 Acura TL is finally out and it’s looking alright, from a leasing standpoint. The residual value is high, the money factor is also kind of high, but that’s Honda’s standard rate, so it’s not TOO bad. Check out MBs lease rates and you’ll see what I mean. The price range for the TL has gone up considerably, with the base model starting at around $35k. I don’t recommend leasing this car since I’m pretty sure invoice price will be hard to come by. If you do, please leave a comment, inquring minds want to know. For those shopping for an 08 model, there’s about $3500 worth of dealer cash, so that should help offselt the less than desirable residual value and money factors.

UPDATE: I have updated the lease rates for the month. The 24mo lease seems to be a horrible lease right now. That seems to be the trend for most cars nowadays thanks to the financial crisis, it seems short-term leases aren’t as attractive. You may want to consider the 48mo lease in this case. The MF drops and the residual holds steady at 54%, which is better than most 36mo leases.

			At Invoice			At MSRP
Make/Model	Invoice	MSRP	24-month	36-month	24-month	36-month
2009 Acura TL	$32,896	$35,715	$570	$438	$698	$524

• Standard inception fees + tax not included
• Residuals posted are for 15K miles/year.

2009 Acura TL Sedan
24 Month – Residual 68% of MSRP – .00370 Base Rate
36 Month – Residual 63% of MSRP – .00270 Base Rate
48 Month – Residual 54% of MSRP – .00255 Base Rate
60 Month – Residual 40% of MSRP – .00270 Base Rate

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2008 Acura TL-S
36 Month – Residual 53% of MSRP – .00270 Base Rate

Rates provided by Tarry Shebesta from Leasecompare.com